Journey to Wholeness
… Read the rest“Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
11th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)
2 Kings 2:1-14, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
“But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret.… Read the rest
John 17:11b-19
“Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.”
What’s in a name? In the Old Testament, names stood for the character and mission of a person, as when Abram became Abraham, or Jacob became Israel.… Read the rest
5th Week of Easter, Friday
John 15:12-17
“I have called you friends.”
Extraordinary words uttered by Jesus. Pagan philosophers like Aristotle had already proven for centuries that friendship with the gods was impossible.… Read the rest
4th week of Easter, Saturday
John 14:7-14
“If you know me…”
In an intimate friendship, there is the deep sense of feeling truly known and understood. Jesus longed for his closest friends to know him truly.… Read the rest